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WorksheetsFlooding & Land Slides (Natural Disasters)
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What is a flood?
A type of food.
A type of floor.
When a dry piece of land becomes even dryer.
When a dry piece of land becomes submerged in water.
Floods can be caused by a number of things. What may cause a flood?
Heavy rain
Ice melts
Hurricanes
Droughts
There are 3 types of flooding. What are they?
Flash card floods
Slow on-set floods
Rapid on-set floods
Flash floods
How can YOU help prevent floods
(a)
Have you ever planted a tree?
Yes at home
Yes at School
No never
Yes
What is another way to describe Landslides?
Slidelands
Gravity
Slidemuds
Mudslides
What human activities can cause Landslips?
Milking cows
Mining
Sheep farming
Deforestation
What else may cause a Mudslide?
Heavy Rain
Soil Erosion
Volcanic Eruptions
A Pandemic
There are a number of definitions we can use for gravity. What is GRAVITY?
Gravity is the force by which a planet or other body draws objects toward its center.
Gravity is a pulling force that works across space. What goes up must come down.
Gravity is a force which tries to pull two objects toward each other.
Gravity is a milkshake.
Do all Landslides move at the same pace?
(a)
A landslide
never moves
can moves a few mm per year
always moves at the same pace
can move at 100 miles per hour
To avoid the risk of a land Slide
build on a Slope
build on a mountain edge
avoid building in a drainage path
If a landslide take place under water what is it called?
Sea or Ocean Mud Slides
Snorkel Landslide
Underwater
Submarine Landslides
Floods can be
very powerful
very destructive
dangerous
fun
If a dam wall broke very suddenly this would cause a
Slip and Slide
Waterfall
Flash Flood
Water park
Which is the most dangerous type of flood?
Slow on-set flooding
Flash flooding
Flash Mob
Flooding
Can a flood occur in a desert?
No
Yes
Monthly
Weekly
Landslides can occur naturally or because of human activity
True
False
Scientists believe that other planets have not experienced landslides
False
True
The largest landslide ever recorded is called
The Mudslide
50 million years ago
The Heart landslide
The Lung landslide
